Aim: The main goal of this research is to correlate anthropometric characteristics of newborns in pregnant women who consume cigarettes during pregnancy. The study was conducted at the Obstetrics Clinic of the Clinical Center, University of Sarajevo. Methods: The retrospective study covered a period of two years. Main inclusion criteria for the study was that pregnant women consume cigarettes during pregnancy. The research included respondents who had a singleton pregnancy, without pathological conditions that can affect the outcome and duration of pregnancy. Results: At the Obstetrics Clinic, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo in the period from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013. In that period 393 pregnant women completed labor who in the personal history had data on smoking during pregnancy. Of the total number of subjects enrolled in this study 38.17% smoked up to 10 cigarettes a day, 33.08 % smoked up to 20 cigarettes a day, while up to 30 cigarettes per day smoked 28.75 % of respondents. Conclusion: There was a significant difference in the average values of all anthropometric parameters, in relation to the number of cigarettes consumed by the subjects during the day. We also found negative correlation in the average values of anthropometric measures and the number of cigarettes consumed (p <0.05).

Virtual cultural heritage applications, particularly virtual museums, nowadays include various forms of storytelling. Every object, site or artifact is better perceived and understood through the adjoining story. Interactive applications naturally request the storytelling to become interactive as well. This paper describes the concepts of interactive digital storytelling in our virtual museums and cultural heritage presentations and discusses their advantages and drawbacks recognized through user evaluation. We used digital stories not only to introduce visitors with the context and information on the objects, but also to enhance their navigation through virtual environments with purpose of learning and perceiving maximum amount of offered information.

The myeloproliferative diseases (MPDs) or myelo-proliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of diseases of the bone marrow in which excess cells are produced. Chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis (CIMF) is a stem cell defect characterized by splenomegaly with multiorgan extramedullary hematopoiesis, immature peripheral blood granulocytes and erythrocytes and progressive bone marrow fibrosis. The most common chromosomal abnormalities seen in CIMF patients include numerical changes of chromosomes 7, 8 and 9, and structural changes of 1q, 5q, 13q and 20q. At least 75.0% of patients with bone marrow abnormalities have one or more of these chromosomal anomalies. Detection of the Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) mutation may be a potential major breakthrough for understanding the pathobiology of MPNs, and is an essential part of the diagnostic algorithm. In this study, we describe a JAK2V617F mutation negative CIMF patient who has the chromosomal translocation t(3;12)(q26;q21) in her karyotype.

Scorpion sting accidents are a public health problem in Belo Horizonte and veterinarians play an important role in its control program when based on capture, mapping of cases and educational actions with the population. A retrospective epidemiological study was done to analyze the frequency and spatial distribution of scorpion sting cases in Belo Horizonte, between 2005 and 2009, and to associate them with the Health Vulnerability Index (IVS), a regional and composed socio-economic index. Notification data of scorpion sting accidents were used from the National System of Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) and Epidemiological Surveillance System (SISVE) for years 2008 and 2009. For the period between 2005 and 2007 it was necessary to retrieve data from the clinical records of Joao XXIII Hospital (HPSJ XXIII) which were not digitalized in the referred information systems. For georeference and spatial analysis, geographic base EndGeo and features of the programs MapInfo version 10.0, Hotspot Detective and SatScan were used. Between 2005 and 2009 2769 cases of scorpionism, occurred in Belo Horizonte which represents an average incidence of 22.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Among 1924 (69.5%) georeferenced cases, the highest incidence was observed in two Sanitary District (DS). A large concentration of cases was also observed in the areas of the city cemeteries. Two clusters were detected during this period, one in 2005, located in the Northwest and West DS, and another between 2006 and 2007 in the Northwest and Northeast DS. There was no association between higher incidence areas of scorpionism in Belo Horizonte and the areas of higher health risk classified by IVS. It is necessary to improve the reporting process regarding scorpion sting accidents. Another conclusion is that the mapping of cases is a relevant tool to base the targeting of educative actions to the priority areas of Belo Horizonte.

The effect of Sn for Ti substitution on the crystal structure of a perovskite, barium titanate stannate (BTS), BaTi1−xSnxO3 for x = 0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.07, 0.10, 0.12, 0.15 and 0.20, was investigated. The powders were prepared by the conventional solid-state reaction technique. The structural investigations of the BTS powders were done at room temperature by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) and Raman spectroscopy analyses. Rietveld refinement of XRD data indicates that gradual replacement of titanium by tin in BaTiO3 provokes a phase transition from tetragonal for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.07 to cubic for x = 0.12, 0.15 and 0.20. The coexistence of tetragonal (P4mm) and cubic (Pm\overline 3m) crystal phases was established in powder with nominal composition BaTi0.9Sn0.1O3. The crystal phases determined by Rietveld refinement were confirmed by HRTEM and SAED analyses. The crystal structures of the BTS powders at short-range scale were studied by Raman spectroscopy, which shows tetragonal (P4mm) and a small fraction of orthorhombic (Pmm2) crystal phases for all the examined BTS powders, implying a lower local ordering when compared to the average symmetry.

Uvod. Silovanje je seksualno nasilje uz primjenu tjelesne snage za koje se izricu stroge kaznene mjere, a ponasanje nasilnika je nagonsko uz promjenljivu psihoptologiju. Cilj istraživanja je da se provjeri destruktivan uticaj porodicnih i psihopatoloskih faktora na sve vise izražen stepen nasilja u BiH u periodu od 01. 01. 2003. do 31. 12. 2012. godine. Hipoteticno je u BiH seksualno nasilje izraženo u vecem stepenu nasilnosti. Metode. Eksperimentalnu grupu cini 150 lica forenzicki obrađenih koja su na tretmanu nakon silovanja. Kontrolna grupa se sastoji od 150 lica forenzicki obrađenih nakon recidivantnih drugih delikata. Dizajn je multicentricna longitudinalna studija. Mjerni instrumenti su: lista opstih podataka, Hamiltonova skala depresivnosti (HAMD), Skala zdravlja nacije (HoNOS), profil indeks emocija (P.I.E-Plutchic R). Rezultati su analizirani metodama deskriptivne statistike i multivarijantnom regresionom analizom. Rezultati. Multivarijantna regresiona analiza je pokazala da su sljedece varijable znacajno povezane sa nasiljem uz P<0,001: nezaposlenost [OR=0,770 (95%), CI=0,830-1,150], usamljenost [OR= 0,750 (95%), CI= 0,845 – 1,250], opsti kriminalitet [OR=0,910 (95%), CI= 0,875- 1,255], ratne posljedice [OR=0,920 (95%), CI=0,875-1,215], misli o seksu [OR= 0,770 (95%), CI=0,835-1,150], retardacija [OR=0,790 (95%),CI=0,880-1,125], kognitivni poremecaji [OR=0,910 (95%), CI=0,925-1,150], zastita [OR=0,770 (95%), CI=0,865 – 1,160], i istraživanje okoline [OR= 0,910 (95%), CI= 0,870-1,175]. Kod recidivantnih lica su signifikantni prediktori: obrazovanje [OR= 0,835 (95%), CI= 0,815 – 1,125], anksioznost [OR= 0,855 (95%), CI=0,870-1,250], depresivnost [OR=0,930 (95%), CI=0,830-0,990], vegetativni poremecaji [OR=0,855 (95%), CI=0,850- 1,155], inkorporacija [OR=0,835 (95%), CI=0,870-1,115] i lisavanje [OR=0,845 (95%),CI=0,7925-1,255] na P.I.E. testu. Zakljucak. Studija prikazuje porodicne i druge mikrosocijalne razlike. Visok je skor destrukcije nasilnika na psiholoskim testovima, sto daje psihopataloski sadržaj: poremecaj licnosti, rjeđe lica sa upotrebom psihoaktivnih supstanci. Forenzicki znacaj, osim ekspertize, cine i preporuke u tretmanu nasilnika i recidivantnih.